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The cabbie who picked up the couple suspected in a deadly courthouse escape in Tennessee said Thursday he did not buy their story that they needed to get to Columbus, Ohio, for an Amway convention.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8896568/A determined mother of a fallen U.S. soldier who has pledged to hold a roadside peace protest near President Bush's ranch until he talks to her said Sunday that she met with the president shortly after her son died. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8851911/Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann broadcasts LIVE at 8 pm et, and the count is never complete without you. Join us.
An advertisement that a leading abortion-rights organization began running on national television on Wednesday, opposing the Supreme Court nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. as one "whose ideology leads him to excuse violence against other Americans," quickly became the first flashpoint in the three-week-old confirmation process.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/11/politics/11abort.final.html?hp&ex=1123819200&en=5d2c2f94824bf138&ei=5094&partner=homepageSeven years after taking part in a schoolyard ambush where four students and a teacher were killed, Mitchell Johnson will walk out of a federal detention center Thursday.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8894307/That's some of what we're planning for tonight's show.
Finally,
Some people bring flowers, others bring balloons. When Melvyn Reed's three wives showed up to visit him at the hospital, they brought an unexpected curtain call to his years as a double bigamist. British police confirmed that after Melvyn Reed woke from his triple bypass heart operation earlier this year, his complicated marital affairs took a turn for a worse. All three of his spouses had turned up at the same time, despite his efforts to stagger their visits.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DOUBLE_BIGAMIST?SITE=NWCN&TEMPLATE=STRANGEHEADS.html&SECTION=HOMEJuggling three wives... triple bypass... you connect the dots.
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Federal prosecutors are seeking bank fraud charges against lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a key figure in investigations involving House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, The Associated Press learned Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8912521/Former WorldCom finance chief Scott Sullivan was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday by a judge who called him "the architect" of the largest accounting fraud in U.S. history.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8907976/British authorities said Thursday they plan to deport 10 foreigners who've been detained on suspicion of posing a threat to national security.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8903280/A renewed Tropical Storm Irene was expected to gradually intensify Thursday as it moved closer to the U.S. East Coast, forecasters said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8907089/NASA postponed the launch of a spacecraft to Mars on Thursday after a glitch popped up in the computer software used for monitoring the fueling of the rocket used for liftoff.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8907350/New York City wants restaurants to narrow their list of ingredients - and maybe some waistlines - by cutting out trans fats.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8907754/Tiger Woods' pursuit of winning three majors in a year for the second time might have gotten wiped out already after a brutal start Thursday at the PGA Championship.
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